Book Title: `Biblia, ad vetvstissima exemplaria : nvnc recens castigata. In quibus, præter ea quæ subsequens præfatio indicat, capita singula ita versibus distincta sunt, ut numeri præfixi, lectorem non remorentur, & loca quæsita tanquam digito demonstrent ; additis, ubi res postulavit, elegantissimis figuris Hebræa, Chaldæa, Graeca, et Latina nomina virorum, mulierum, populorum ... quæ in Biblijs leguntur restituta cum Latina interpretione, ac lorum à Cosmographis descriptione

Author: Haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni

Image Title: Creation of Eve

Scripture Reference:

• Genesis 2 (further images / scripture text)

Description: God creates Eve out of Adam's rib while he sleeps. The monogram of the artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), has been placed in the lower right corner of the woodcut. Note the engraver's knife and initials SHF on the rock below Adam's elbow.

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